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Hey Calgary! It’s time for another installation of HOOP CHURCH! Level up your hoop skills and expand your creativity with a 4 hour intensive that combines the content of three (!) classes into one afternoon, plus a rocking warmup and closing jam.

Alberta hoopers! Stop what you’re doing and look inwards. Is your badass chakra 100% functional?? We’re coming back to Calgary on January 24 & 25 armed with all of our best moves, combos, drills, and the experience of 17 combined years of hooping flight time. We’re fresh off a killer trip to Europe where we were so fortunate to hoop with and learn from some of the their best and…

Edmonton Flow Festival , the BEST TIME EVER formerly known as SpinMilk – Prop, Performance & Flow Workshops is coming Feb 20-22. Like the new Facebook page! We’ll be announcing earlybird tickets soon! What is Edmonton Flow Fest? What was SpinMilk? SpinMilk 1 was held in February 2011 at King Edward Park Hall in Edmonton, with approximately 30 attendees (including instructors!) gathering for a weekend of prop and movement related workshops, and a…

Well, once again another summer has gone zooming by, and I’m sitting by a window with a beautiful view of the mountains that will soon be my new home. Last week, the Flowlab team was delighted to share our love of hooping through vending and hosting hoop jams at Shambhala Music Festival in the beautiful Kootenays, and this week, I’m delighted to relax for just a moment surrounded by the…

Hey all – with summer approaching, I’ve been getting lots of questions about summer hoop classes and whether or not they’ll be running. Summer is a time for travel and play for many, and that means lower numbers of hooper registrations, so unfortunately there will not be any series of classes during July or August of this year. However, in lieu of regular classes, we will be trying out a…

This past Tuesday I issued the challenge to the students in my Hooping Basics and Beyond the Basics classes to try to carve out 10 minutes a day for a little hoop session. Lately I’ve been finding that the pace of my current life tends to create an erratic schedule for my hoop practice – some days, I’m hooping for 8 or more hours in a single day if I’m teaching…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend an entire day teaching hoopdance to grade 1s and 2s and it was fantastic! I got to boogie down with a ton of little rockstars (when you say “show me your best dance moves!” they DO) and I got a little bit of quiet time over the noon hour to enjoy the beautiful hardwood stage floor. And, I gained an even deeper respect for…

Winter is here to stay and Christmas preparations are in full swing, and so is our Holiday Hoop Sale! Save 10, 20, or 30% on the purchase of any of our ready-to-ship or custom (design your own) hoops using these coupon codes. The more you buy, the more you save! Coupons are valid until December 10, 2013 so don’t delay. [list_star] Spend $49 or more and save 10% using coupon…

I am so grateful for the beautiful outdoor hooping weather we’ve been enjoying these past couple of weeks, and taking advantage of as much of it as possible while gearing up for this Tuesday and our fall series of hoop classes. The fall series has always had an extra buzz to it, perhaps because so many of us have either been inspired by seeing hooping at a festival or a…